Tata Steel / Round 4 – - – Anand ! !
by National Life Master Loal Davis
Viswanathan Anand
When is the last time that the World’s #2 rated player (in this case Levon Aronian) was taken out in a mere 23 moves by someone playing the Black pieces?
That is what Anand did today – it was a sparkling diamond of a game.
I predict it will go down as one of the best/fantastic games of all time.
An absolutely flabbergasting performance by the reigning World Champion.
Take note: Chess game engines won’t keep up with this game. It is amusing to watch their evaluation (Houdini included) give a plus to White (multiple times) – only to wake up a few moves later (multiple times) and realize they are in the soup. This game is on an entirely different level. I can’t say enough about Anand’s performance in this game. Wow ! !
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[Event "75th Tata Steel Chess Group A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8. a4
h6 9. Nc3 b4 10. Nd5 d6 11. a5 O-O 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. c3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Nc5 16. Bc2 b3 17. Bb1 Rb8 18. d4 Nd7 19. Bd3 Kh8 20. Ra3 Nxa5 21. Rxa5 c6 22. c4 cxd5 23. cxd5 Qb6 24. Ra4 Rbe8 25. Rb4 Qa7 26. Rxb3 Bxd5 27. exd5 e4 28. Nh4 exd3 29. Nf5 Rb8 30. Qxd3 Rxb3 31. Qxb3 Nf6 32. Nxh6 Rb8 33. Qa3 Qc7 34. Nf5 Ne4 35. Qd3 Re8 36. Ng3 Nxg3 37. hxg3 a5 38. e4 Rb8 39. Qd2 Rb4 40. Kh2 f6 41. Qe2 Kg8 42. Qg4 Kf8 43. Rf5 1-0
[Event "75th Tata Steel Chess Group A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Qe2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. h3 a6 14. Rad1 b5 15. Ba2 e4 16. Nd2 Be6 17. d5 Nxd5 18. c4 bxc4 19. Nxe4 c3 20. Nxc3 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 Bxa2 22. Qxa2 h6 23. Qe2 Re6 24. Rd2 Ne7 25. Rfd1 Qc6 26. Qc4 Re8 27. Rd7 Re4 28. Qb3 Re6 29. Qb7 Qa4 30. Bb2 Qc2 31. Rc1 Qg6 32. Qc7 Nf5 33. Kh2 Rb6 34. Ba1 Rc6 35. Qf4 Qe6 36. Rcd1 c4 37. Bc3 Qg6 38. e4 Ne7 39. f3 Qh5 40. a4 Qc5 41. Rb7 Qa3 42. Bb4 Qxa4 43. Rxe7 Rxe7 44. Rd8+ Kh7 45. Bxe7 c3 46. Qxf7 1-0
[Event "75th Tata Steel Chess Group A"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 d6 8. e3
Nd7 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Nh3 Nb6 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 e6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. e4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 O-O-O 17. Ng5 Rhg8 18. Nf7 Nxc4 19. Nxd8 Qxd8 20. Qe2 d5 21. Bd3 Nd6 22. Qe3 c4 23. Bxh7 Rh8 24. Bc2 Kc7 25. Rfe1 Qf6 26. a4 Qh6 27. Qe5 Qh5 28. Qxh5 Rxh5 29. g4 Rh4 30. f3 b5 31. Kg2 Rh8 32. Kg3 a5 33. axb5 Nxb5 34. Re3 Ra8 35. Ba4 Nd6 36. h4 Bxa4 37. Rxa4 Nb7 38. h5 Nc5 39. Ra2 Kd6 40. f4 a4 41. h6 Ke7 42. g5 Kf7 43. Kg4 Ne4 44. Rh3 Kg8 45. g6 Kh8 46. f5 exf5+ 47. Kxf5 a3 48. Ke5 Ra6 49. h7 1-0